The Vaccine That Will Cure Chronic Diseases With Lou Reese | EP #21 Moonshots and Mindsets
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Discussion on the high number of people at risk for high cholesterol and the low compliance rates with current treatments, highlighting the need for more accessible and effective solutions.
Comment on the inequity in access to healthcare and the goal to serve as much of the global population as possible, regardless of their socio-economic status or political affiliations.
“I think at scale you're talking about something that's you know tens of dollarss um and and uh and can I mean I tell people that my goal is very simple I'd like to vaccinate from subsaharan Africa to Geneva to Santa Monica to New York at the same time um and that's never been done with the best-in-class drug um you know there the the typical thing that happens and is happening now and happened during Co actually is you know the the Richer and the more guns your country had the sooner and the better your drugs were um and and quite frankly that happened within the United States and on a global scale uh and one of the things that I that I feel strongly about is that you know suffering and disease uh don't care how much money you make and they don't care who your dad was and they don't care you know what political party you contribute to um suffering is suffering for the individuals and for their families and I think that uh everyone has has a right and we have an obligation to to serve as much of that population as is humanly possible”
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openUnknown: The vaccine will be tested in humans early next year.
“imagine if instead of waiting until you were 65 or 70 and got diagnosed with with mild Alzheimer's, um you could actually at 40 or at 30 uh be be taking this annual vaccine to uh prevent the onset or delay the onset of Alzheimer's in the first place”
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openUnknown: By 2025, vaccines will be available to prevent the growth curve of LDL cholesterol and other chronic illnesses.
“at whatever age is necessary for your physiology at at 30 at 40 um you could be vaccinated against ldlc cholesterol and you could eliminate the the growth curve of that cholesterol”
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openUnknown: By 2023, the company will release data on the effectiveness of their Parkinson's vaccine trial.
“anything that anything that can can refrigerate beer or Coca-Cola is good for this yeah so it's a huge milestone it's our it's our it it'll be our first phase three as a company uh and we did that in the UK and in uh in Australia um and we're you know we're excited about it and most importantly you know I'm really proud of the team”
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openUnknown: Vaccinating older adults will become a major opportunity for healthspan maintenance.
“the big opportunity for for this is going to be vaccinating all you know 70 80 and 90 year olds to maintain their muscle loss mass and bone loss cuz that's another major killer people fall they break their hip or their pelvis and then they end up in the hospital”
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openUnknown: People can accomplish anything if they have a guiding principle and a mission.
“as long as you can look to that as a as a guiding principle and as a North star and as a mission um you know I feel like uh I feel like you can really accomplish anything”
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openPeter Diamandis: People who face the biggest obstacles and setbacks will have different levels of impact and outcome.
“The reaction to those that's so different is what yields different levels of impact and outcome.”
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Numbers that matter
High prolonged levels of glucose can lead to various health issues such as heart disease, Alzheimer's, sexual dysfunction, and diabetes.Health issues related to high glucose levels
tens of billion dollarsSuccess of FTX
$220 billionSales of biologics globally last year.
2.2 billionpeople at risk of high cholesterol
450 millionpeople on statins
less than a millionpeople on PCSK9 inhibitors
50%percentage of patients not taking statins effectively after one year
$10,000 to $15,000annual cost of PCSK9 inhibitors
millions of yearsSafety data from people on monoclonal antibodies.
thousand times cheaperThe goal of the vaccine development process to generate the same antibodies at a much lower cost.
second human trialParkinson's vaccine trial.
phase threeThe company's first phase three trial.
70 80 and 90 year oldsTarget age group for vaccination to maintain muscle and bone mass.
$800Amount of money made from selling necklaces at age 8.
$3,800Amount of money the speaker's father made in bookstore credits.